The mission of the FAU Center for Economic Education is to provide area teachers access to new and innovative ways to teach economics in the K-12 classroom.

How does the FAU Center accomplish this mission? 

            The Center for Economic Education promotes economic education by offering in-service workshops for K-12 teachers in its service area.  These workshops emphasize active learning techniques to introduce economics in a number of subjects including geography, mathematics, history and civics.

How many teachers does the Center reach? 

            Since 2002, the Center has offered 60 programs to 1,000 teachers.  The total contact hours of these programs have totaled more than 260 hours.  Many of the programs provided teachers with either print materials or CD-ROMs of curriculum materials.